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Thirty-eight children with autism were given movement therapy in small groups
led by a trained movement therapist. After two months of biweekly sessions, the
movement therapy versus the control children spent less time wandering, more
time showing on-task behavior, less time showing negative responses to being
touched, and less time resisting the teacher.

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Sixteen senior citizens participated in four, 50-min movement therapy sessions
over a 2-week period and were compared to 16 senior citizens who belonged to a
wait list control group who received the movement sessions only after the end
of the study. The movement therapy participants improved in their functional
motion on the Tinetti scale, and specifically on the gait scale, their leg
strength increased, and their leg pain significantly decreased.